Your building needs a fire protection system to ensure the safety of personnel and property. Fire rated doors are essential part of this system. When a fire emergency occurs, these doors provide a powerful component of protection to prevent the fire from spreading to different areas of the structure. These doors must operate properly as intended in order to provide the maximum level of protection possible. If, for some reason, a fire door is inadequate or not in proper working order, human life can be put at significant risk. For this reason, fire door inspection companies conduct inspections to verify the proper operation of these doors.
Annual Fire Door Inspections
When NFPA 80 was introduced in 2007, fire door inspections became mandatory on a yearly basis. The latest edition of the NFPA 80 requires the inspection and testing of these doors once a year at a minimum and also an inspection record in written form kept with the proper jurisdiction with the authority to retrieve the file when needed. A fire protection company can help ensure your facilities fire doors are compliant with the current code and functioning as intended.
Knowledgeable Inspector Requirement
According to the NFPA 80, any individual inspecting a fire rated door must have the specific knowledge and understanding of the door’s functioning components. Fire door inspection companies must inspect and test these doors according to NFPA 80, sections 7.2.1.15.2 and 8.3.3.1.
Individual jurisdictions may develop their own requirements related to the eligibility of a designated inspector. You need to be able to explain why the particular individual you use for inspection has the proper understanding and knowledge about the functioning of these doors. This may be based on their education, experience, and/or training.
It is important to use the services of a top-level provider among fire door inspection companies to help ensure your fire doors are maintained, inspected, and improved in any way necessary to provide you and others with optimum safety.
If you need fire doors inspected, get in touch with an experienced fire equipment company today to get the process started and learn about possible ways you can improve the fire safety system in your facility.
